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Acadia (ACAD) Stock Jumps 6.1%: Will It Continue to Soar?

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Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD - Free Report) shares ended the last trading session 6.1% higher at $14.96. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock's 18% loss over the past four weeks.

The rise in share price came after President Trump announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs against non-retaliating countries.

This drugmaker is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.05 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -50%. Revenues are expected to be $241.58 million, up 17.4% from the year-ago quarter.

Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.

For Acadia, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock's price usually doesn't keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on ACAD going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>

Acadia belongs to the Zacks Medical - Biomedical and Genetics industry. Another stock from the same industry, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (KNSA - Free Report) , closed the last trading session 2.2% higher at $19.90. Over the past month, KNSA has returned -9.6%.

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals' consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $0.06. Compared to the company's year-ago EPS, this represents a change of +124%. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals currently boasts a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).


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